In 1769, the Cornish Copper Company made a canal of about half a mile in length from Hayle to Copper-house, to bring small vessels to the copper works; and erected small flood gates near the upper end, to keep the canal clear of sand. The harbour of Hayle before 1788, was seldom accessible to vessels of more than 70 tons burthen through the accumulation of sand on the bar, which crosses its entrance; and from the sudden shifting of the sand banks, vessels were frequently exposed to danger both in entering and in leaving the harbour. In 1788 the company carried a wear across the entrance of Phillack creek, and erected flood gates on the southern side of it. These were opened to admit the coming tide, and at high water were closed. read more »

Cornish Railways

Last updated: 04/11/2014

Cornwall's Railways (before 1859 and the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash

Cornwall played a noteworthy part in the infancy of steam locomotion. In Redruth in 1784 the Scot, William Murdoch, built the first practical vehicle to run under its own steam power, albeit a small model. The great Cornish engineer, Richard Trevithick, built a steam road carriage and ran it successfully in Camborne on Christmas Eve, 1801. He went on to harness the power of steam for rail locomotion, at Penydarren in South Wales in 1803, but it was left to others elsewhere to profit from his achievements. read more »

2ft. or 3ft.. which caused cars to be marooned. It was impossible to walk between Penmare and Loggans. Almost the whole of Angarrack was flooded. The road between St. Erth and St. Erth station was flooded and the buses could not get through at one time.

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be reproduced in colours by the firm which recently purchased it from jMr. Forbes. The sixth picture he is sending up 'Angarrack Valley,' which was not ready in time for the show at the Passmore JfSdwards' Gallery.

the gas works. Not only in the Foundry district is this alteration to take place, but in the rural districts also, such as Angarrack and Gwinear; these places have, in the past, been illuminated bv oil lamps. ST. IVES. Mr. John Pearce Ryder, 8.A.. of St read more »

blown in; the globes a petrol pump were blown off and the notice boards of several lodging-houses have been dismantled. At Angarrack, two trees weTe blown down, one in the river and the second one only missed nearby ihonse by a few inches. At Ventonleague